Anterior sternoclavicular ligament

Anterior sternoclavicular ligament
Sternoclavicular articulation seen from front (anterior sternoclavicular ligament labeled at upper left)
Details
From	Sternum (manubrium)
To	Clavicle
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum sternoclaviculare anterius
TA98	A03.5.04.003
TA2	1754
FMA	26011
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior sternoclavicular ligament is a broad band of fibers attached to the clavicle above, and to the manubrium below. The ligament overlies the anterior (front) surface of sternoclavicular joint.[1]

Anatomy

Attachments

It is attached superiorly to the anterosuperior aspect of the sternal end of the clavicle, and inferiorly to the anterosuperior aspect of the manubrium of the sternum as well as the first costal cartilage.[2] The ligament passes obliquely inferomedially from its superior attachment to its inferior attachment.[1]

Relations

This ligament is covered by the sternal portion of the sternocleidomastoideus and the integument. The joint capsule, disc, and two synovial membranes are situated posterior to the ligament.[1]

References

1. Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 313.
2. Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. p. 900. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.

External links

• Anatomy figure: 10:01-07 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center